March 11-22: 11 Days of Fine Dining at Affordable Prices

Time to start booking! DiningCity‘s upcoming Restaurant Week Spring 2015 Edition is officially from March 11 – March 22, but you’ll have to start locking in your favorite restaurants early as many of the popular ones book out fast. Booking opens at 10AM on March 6th, so make sure you start thinking about which restaurants you’ll want to book first!

After running a couple of years already, they are back with a total of 49 participating restaurants, each restaurant preparing exclusive set menus priced at two tiers – RMB 88 or RMB 128 for lunch and RMB 198 or 258 for dinner. The Category B range is now a bit more expensive than previous years, but the menus look better so it’s probably a worthy trade off.

“Restaurants are preparing a special tasting menu for this week only. During Restaurant Week you can try the best 3-course set menus in town, starting at RMB 78 for lunch and RMB 168 for dinner.” – DiningCity.com

Celebrating Back-to-Back Surf N Turf Nights at FEAST!

In other great foodie news, FEAST (Food by EAST)‘s once monthly Seafood Night and Steak Night have just turned weekly! Celebrate the joy of more easily organizing spectacular group dinner deals!

With their Seafood night now every Friday evening for dinner and their ever-popular Steak Night now every Saturday night, I’ve already taken the liberty of organizing a foodie-friendly dinner this Saturday night at FEAST! (read on for deets)

The Best Tacos in Town are Coming to Migas!

In collaboration with the Mexican Embassy, Migas is organizing a full Mexican experience this Friday night beginning with a talk at the Mexican Embassy featuring Chico Sonido (Freak City) and Helen Feng (Nova Heart) at 4PM, followed by a Pop-Up by The Taco Bar at Migas from 6PM-10PM and then the party really gets cranking with a dance party featuring guest DJ Chico Sonido!

Mighty Hunk of Crispy Pork Knuckle

Crispy and crunchy on the outside while remaining moist and tender on the inside, you can never go wrong with this desired combination of textures. That is one of the magical components that makes Schindler’s in-beer-made Pork Knuckle (photo above) so addictive and irresistible.

While Schindler’s remains a place I like to frequent regularly for their super-size-me-lunch buffet, their pork knuckle is probably the only menu item that keeps me coming back in the evenings. They run a pretty popular buffet lunch deal with all the embassies in the neighborhood within walking distance, but I was actually a bit surprised to hear that we’d need to wait 45 minutes for a table when we strolled over on a Friday evening. But with my heart set on having that pork knuckle, I sucked it up and sat in the freezing cold outside for just over 45 minutes. If you find yourself in this pitiful, helpless position, I recommend minimizing the torture of waiting by ordering a hot cup of mulled wine (it’s served in a huge mug that makes this great value and helps keep you a little warmer) or at least a big mug of one of their house draft beers.